Mark de Clive-Lowe
Sounds from the Blockchain with Mark de Clive Lowe, Iman Europe, Dot and Pat Junior.
Web 3 Music: Sounds from the Blockchain with Mark de Clive Lowe, Iman Europe, Dot and Pat Junior.
Mark was born in Auckland and started piano lessons when he was 4.In high school in NZ and Japan, he fell in love with sample-heavy 90s hip hop and early UK drum鈥檔鈥檅ass 鈥搇aying the foundation for a lifetime of genre-bending sonic adventures. He lived in London for a decade, where he helped to evolve the broken beat genre, and then later moved to LA. If you see him play live, you might catch him remixing classic Blue Note Records in real-time, or joined by instrumental masters like Kamasi Washington, Pino Palladino or Eric Harland or improvising introspective solo piano. Last year he released Freedom: Celebrating the Music of Pharoah Sanders.
Joining him are a group of musicians from the worlds of R&B, hip-hop and electronica who have all recently released new music on Web 3.
First up, is a singer, lyricist and writer from Los Angeles, California. She specializes in crafting relatable lyrics through a Hip-Hop/Soul/R&B fusion. Her latest single Surrender came out last year. It鈥檚 Iman Europe.
Next up, hailing from Raleigh, North Carolina, is a hip-hop artist, writer, producer and sound designer. His music started as a hobby, but he鈥檚 taken it seriously from the jump. He describes himself as the 鈥楪old Fanged Medjay鈥�,making music & art that serves the wellbeing of others. Earlier this year he released the single 鈥榥eed that!鈥� It鈥檚 Pat Junior.
And finally, she鈥檚 the founder and CEO of Unspeakable Records, an all-female label of producers and musicians, and member of beat collective Team Supreme. She鈥檚 based in Los Angeles, and she鈥檚 a producer, DJ, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist who fuses electronic, indie rock, and R&B elements. It鈥檚 Kate Ellwanger, aka dot.
Together they talk about financial equity for independent artists, building community with your fans and the future possibilities of using blockchain tech.
After the news, Mark de Clive Lowe takes guides us through a playlist he鈥檚 called Sound Reflections on the Human Existence, featuring tracks from Hiatus Kaiyote, Emma Jean Thackray, Karriem Riggins and more.
